Elise Pfister

Elise Pfister (1886–1944) was a Swiss theologian and cleric.

The same year, both were ordained as pastors of the Reformed Church of Zürich.

After qualifying as a teacher in 1906, she taught at primary schools in Albis and Dübendorf.

Appointed as assistant pastors at Zurich's Grossmünster, the two were principally involved in social work.

[1] Although the church and their male colleagues would have liked them to become vicars of their own parishes, as they did not have the right to vote, in 1920 the governmental authorities concluded that women could not be assigned to publicly funded administrative positions such as pastors in charge of their own parishes.